PR CIREBON – Several countries East Asia launched a vaccination program influenza earlier and more aggressively this year, in an effort to reduce the potential for people to catch the flu and Covid-19 simultaneously that would cripple the health care system.
With the second or third wave of the Corona virus pandemic looming over many countries, overcoming this year’s flu season which usually occurs between December and February is becoming increasingly urgent.
Reported Pikiranrakyat-Cirebon.com from the Straits Times, the Ministry of Health in Japan is preparing 31.2 million flu shots, up 7 percent from a year ago and the highest number since 2015.
Officials also urged symptomatic patients to contact hotline medical before undergoing tests to avoid transmission in the hospital.
“We will focus our medical resources on seriously ill people in anticipation of the epidemic influenza seasonality, “said Dr. Takeshi Enami, an official with the Japanese Ministry of Health.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has pressed for a widespread global flu vaccination this year, amid concerns the same people who are most at risk Covid-19, such as the elderly and those with respiratory conditions are also at greatest risk of catching the flu.
Meanwhile, on South Korea Health authorities provided 30 million flu vaccines for the winter, up 20 percent from last year.
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